Navy
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 8 / 10
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The King at Portland. DESCRIPTION: His Majesty inspects Home Fleet during gale at Portland. SHOTLIST: Shots of the King and royal car arriving. Shots of the ships in the harbour. Royal barge taking him to ship. Shot of the King boarding and being piped aboard ‘Royal Sovereign’. The King is seen taking the salute and is with Sir Samuel Hoare and Lord Louis Mountbatten. Shot of the King in evening dress attending concert on board ‘Courageous’. Stage scene. Aerial of the fleet in harbour including ‘Nelson’, ‘Victoria and Albert’ and ‘Courageous’. He inspects subs and new mine laying submarine. He boards the Royal barge. Shot of same seen passing the ‘Nelson’.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Navy; Military
- Footage sources
- Movietone
- Card file number
- 4886
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Vice-Admiral Cecil Vivian Usborne
- Length of story (in feet)
- 112
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How to cite this record
'Navy', British Movietone News Issue No. 389, 16 Nov 1936. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/7021 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)